I think it's actually not exactly about the money, but how the studios treat their actors - i mean 1,5 billion - come on i mean hollywood is already screwing over it's costumers... they should at least treat their employees right...

You're forgetting that the 1.95b isn't all profit you have to subtract the cost of making the Movie, Advertiwsing the actors, advertising the movie, advertising the movies and actors, advertising at superbowl and so on, **** gets expensive.

"Deserve" is a relative term. You should've said "I dont think they deserve... etc". It's just an opinion. As valid as the opinion that every member of the staff, as long as they work as hard as the next person to get the movie as nice as possible, should be paid the same amount per time invested. In someone's opinion, the effort of one person should not be rewarded more or less than the effort of a different person. Yet RDJ is only asking the rise for his fellow actors, not for the make up girl that spends 3 hours preparing Thanos to look badass, while the actor that portraits it sits there. According to that person's opinion, everybody should end up gaining an equitative share of the millions, as long as they did the proportional effort.
Opinions man, opinions.

despite the people thinking that the actors don't count, if they recast the 2nd avengers movie, i think alot of people would get pissed. besides, for a movie that made over a billion bucks, i don't think a raise is unreasonable.

i honestly think if it wasn't for robert downey jr. the movie wouldn't have been as good. don't get me wrong the other actors were amazing, they truly were. rdj just stole the spotlight and our hearts along with his big green buddy.

RDJ gets a percentage of the movie's profits because of his contract. The other actors mistakenly decided not to put this in their contracts. So while RDJ earns like 50 million, the others earn something like 2-5 million.

Actually they are not.
They are getting 200.000 per movie plus tiny share of movie profits.
If that comes down to just under 4 million in Avengers that made 1.5 billion, how much do you think they make for, lets say, Captain America that made around 350 million.
All RDJ is saying is that if they want him in the movie, they have to pay other actors better.
5 million upfront is not nearly too much for a movie like this, and if they DOUBLE percentage of the share per actor they would only make additional 8 million IF Avengers 2 make 1.5 billion.
Total cost for studio, 90 million. To make sure they keep actors who audience loves and practically guarantee another billion dollar movie. Seems like they aren't asking too much.

RDJ doesn't technically have a salary though as he get's paid a small percentage (about 3%) of the total gross. He made an ass-tonne of money because the film made an ass-tonne of money, if the film had bombed he would have got paid zilch.

That article is ******** . The writer says that the actor doesn't matter, all marvel movies need are the special affects "the hulk movies prove'. I really hope he is being sarcastic, if not, he's an idiot. Even with all the special affects, those movies would be **** without those actors portraying. This isn't replacing that asshole Terrance Howard with Don Cheadle; Ruffalo and Evans portray their characters awesomely (and Tom Hiddleston, but it is unlikely he'll be in the next one), and I doubt anyone else can portray them as well.

Meh I don't care about the hipster ******** surrounding this movie, it was good, "ripoff" oh ******* please half of the blockbuster hits today can be considered "rippoffs" but its about originality and unique twists.

Well you people can hate all you want but I liked it and thought it was good. That's enough for me. Thankfully I go through life enjoying a lot of different things. Can't say the same for a lot of other people.

You mean other than the fact that it just basically ripped of Dances with wolves, Pocahontas and Ferngully? It's the same story over and over again about how "the white man is evil and wants to take over the natives".

Avatar was shiny Pocahontas, and it didn't deserve to be longer than 90 minutes. I didn't give one singular **** about any of the characters. The main protagonist was the most two-dimensional character I've ever seen. The effects were absolutely gorgeous, the plot itself was nothing special or unique at all.

Yeah but Iron Man/Tony had pretty much the same amount of screentime as, Captn America, Hulk/Bruce, ect. and Robert Downey Jr. Got paid 50 Million while the rest of the cast got 4 million and below.
He's just saying they deserve more

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Sometimes I wonder is RDJ is really a nice guy or if he's putting up an act. No way in hell a rich person can ever be this awesome.

Well, sometimes they benefit more than from what they give.
Like if a celebrity donates some trees and gets a tax break worth more than the trees.
Kinda screwing the city out of some money that could've gone to fixing something that's broken instead of adding more trees.

yeah, but you have to realise. RDJ went through hell, to jail, was addicted to black tar heroin and coke, once went to auditions without any shoes, that kinda **** . If you went through all that, and came out on top, and be greatful and try and be good and **** ?

RDJ is a good role model, and I've always said that when I get famous from my books, I'd be extravagant, and humble. There are also things to learn when you've been living lower-class for several years.

haha, yes. And I've always had that attitude, I know these things for fact haha. I've been working on my first novel for around seven years. (What's funny is I was able to finish the sequel before I finalized it XD.)

Actually having that many ideas is good, because eventually you find an amazing way to combine them and create an intricate plot with a consistent story, dynamic characters, and fantastic visualizations :).

On Reddit, Tumblr, and 4chan, where 99.9% of our funny content comes from. I'm not complaining, just stating my observation. For a long time, I really only used FunnyJunk to get my lulz, but then something happened.

For about one week I didn't visit FJ at all, I only browsed Reddit, 4chan, and a little Tumblr. When I came back to FJ the next week, everything that wasn't original content was the "best of" content from all the other websites I visited.

That's when I decided just to stay on FunnyJunk. All the good stuff from the other sites eventually makes its way here, and I don't have to sort through all the ******** . I still like Reddit though.

I'm very against actors winning so much money (which contradicts with my love for the genre). I can't understand how someone who entertains for aliving makes so much money than doctors, policemen, teachers, firemen...etc

Demand for particularly talented (or just popular) actors. How do you think they make so much money? They don't just steal it from poor people, they get it from people who willingly pay them for their services.

But....it's the Avengers. But, then again, Iron Man, Captain America, and got their own movies to themselves so yeah, they probably get a hell of a lot more than they should. But Black Widow and Hawkeye aren't gonna get their own movies, so their salary seems appropriate.

And, I didn't mention the hulk because Mark Ruffallo's only been the hulk once, before that it was Ed Norton...

I was referring to the movies from 2008-onward, the Eric Bana version's not connected, but yes. Not the best incarnation, but HOPEFULLY it won't be the last.

They have Iron Man 3 and Thor 2, Captain America 2, Avengers 2 on the way, but have been very stingy on the details of The Hulk 2, even though they clearly left i open for a sequel in the Ed Norton version!

Well, the reason why they can't include Spider man is because Disney owns the Avengers series and I think Sony or some other company owns the Spider Man franchise. So, unless one buys up the other, there's no legal way they can do a crossover.

If they could, you'd see a lot more crossovers by now. The good news, however, is that Ant Man is getting his own movie in 2015 and he'll more than likely be in one of the coming Avengers movies!

The sad thing about Ant man is that because he's not regarded by most as 'one of the main heroes' might mean that the people making said movie might not try as hard with this movie as they have done with others, but then that's just me talking.

He won't do a role for 50 million dollars, unless his 2-10 million dollar payroll colleagues get a raise.

I don't care about demand, revenue, or any other **** like that, give some other workers a raise before the actors. Acting takes talent and training, yes, but it's nowhere near as frustratingly difficult as what those behind the scenes guys do.

Even the behind the scenes videos show nothing more than a makeup shot and some extremely short narrated clips.

You people do know that he is doing this because they are not getting 2-10 million dollars just something like 200 000 dollars. Yes, it is a lot money but the thing is the thor's actor got from the other movie about 50 million dollars, then marvel says they pay him like 200 000 dollars for doing the avengers.

In all fairness, Robert Downey Jr's performance in the Avengers was more entertaining than Scarlet Johanason. This difference is reflected in their salaries. Granted it seems like an exaggerated pay gap, but it could be argued that Iron Man's role in the film was worth more than the Black Widows.

Better example. You and your friend have the same job, are equally good at it, and have been at this job for a similar amount of time. You make $10/hour, and your friend makes $50/hour. Is that fair? Is that something you would just accept?

"You have money and thus have no problems" is a **** argument. Her pay should reflect the success of the movie and her substantial role in that movie. Period. End of story. Full stop. It does not matter how wealthy the person is.

SPOILER...I GUESS...
at the end of Iron man 3, where he destroys all his suits and fixed his heart problem thing. it made me wonder what the hell he would actually do in avenger 2. so what would he do...

well, pepper can ******** up now, apparently, and someone obviously didn't sit through the credits. at the end of them bruce banner was counseling him, and then the text "iron man is coming back" came up.